_Author’s POV_
“Oh, Zarelle, you should have told him back then. Maybe things would’ve turned out differently. I mean, you saved the man’s life!”
Though Zarelle acknowledged the truth in Elsa’s words, she hoped for a relationship that was pure and untethered by this perceived ‘debt.’
Besides, back then, Zarelle lacked the confidence to reveal the truth. After all, Calden’s heart had been captivated by Regina at the time and he barely gave Zarelle the time of the day.
“It’s all in the past,” Zarelle said softly, her voice tinged with a mix of resignation and maybe regret. “I asked him about Bellemore earlier. Turns out, he really doesn’t remember. He doesn’t even know that he saved me in that car accident on Azure Coast Highway three years ago.”
Zarelle realized that in Cal
